X-ray diffractive imaging of controlled gas-phase molecules: Toward imaging of dynamics in the molecular frame
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Kierspel, T; Morgan, A; Wiese, J; Mullins, T; Aquila, A; Barty, A; Bean, R; Boll, R; Boutet, S; Bucksbaum, P; ...Date
2020-02-28Source Title
Journal of Chemical PhysicsPublisher
AMER INST PHYSICSUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Morgan, AndrewAffiliation
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Kierspel, T., Morgan, A., Wiese, J., Mullins, T., Aquila, A., Barty, A., Bean, R., Boll, R., Boutet, S., Bucksbaum, P., Chapman, H. N., Christensen, L., Fry, A., Hunter, M., Koglin, J. E., Liang, M., Mariani, V., Natan, A., Robinson, J. ,... Kuepper, J. (2020). X-ray diffractive imaging of controlled gas-phase molecules: Toward imaging of dynamics in the molecular frame. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 152 (8), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5133963.Access Status
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We report experimental results on the diffractive imaging of three-dimensionally aligned 2,5-diiodothiophene molecules. The molecules were aligned by chirped near-infrared laser pulses, and their structure was probed at a photon energy of 9.5 keV (λ ≈ 130 pm) provided by the Linac Coherent Light Source. Diffracted photons were recorded on the Cornell-SLAC pixel array detector, and a two-dimensional diffraction pattern of the equilibrium structure of 2,5-diiodothiophene was recorded. The retrieved distance between the two iodine atoms agrees with the quantum-chemically calculated molecular structure to be within 5%. The experimental approach allows for the imaging of intrinsic molecular dynamics in the molecular frame, albeit this requires more experimental data, which should be readily available at upcoming high-repetition-rate facilities.
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